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t aw aght it necessary to refer to. But he was prepared to prove that ew try one of the objections now urged against immediate emancipation lay fairly and demonstratively against that very Bill by which Lord GKenelg had endeavoured to conciliate. With respeet to Sir G. Grey's . :speech, he would refer them to Mr. Scobel's triumphant answer. Lord Gleneig had stated that his Bill was based upon the abuses which existed in the apprenticeship system, while that statement was as expressly denied by gm 0,, Grey and Mr. Gladstone ; and if theywerenot true Lord Glenelg bad behaved in the most unhandsome manner towards the colonists. The next argument brought against them, was a breach of contract. He was one of those unfortunate men who admitted the contract— that an honourable contract was made—that by the abolition of the sys tem of slavery, the planters were to have the gratuitous services of the apprentices for a limited period. Now he, or even a child might demon strate, the Bill of Lord Glenelg itself involved a most flagrant violation of that contracts It departed from many of tee stipulations of the contract of 1833, for it gave a discretionary power of manumission to the Governor—that was one breach. The abolition of the flogging of smiles was another breach, and when on the motion of Mr. O'Con. nett, the flogging of females was done away with, it left the flogging cf males legal ; and it was worthy of the sagacity and policy of Mr. Stanley, when having withdrawn the natural stimuli of wages, to allow the system to go with the artful stimuli of the lash. Mr. Stanley had the good sense to know that slavery could not be worked without the whip. Lord Glenelg, by his Bill, abolished that stimulus ; and, as Lord Howick had let out, he had rendered the working of the system impracticable, and he had violated most magna nimously and honourably the contract of 1833. The increase of allow ances to the negroes was also a direct infraction of the contract. In con clusion he would call upon the meeting to use their best exertions to put an end to the system. Ile was deeply sensible of the imperfect manner In which he had brought those statements and facts together, but enough had been said, there and elsewhere, to demand the entire extinction of a system so revolting to right feeling, and so opposed to Chris tianity. He had been a good deal amused by the attempts to fasten upon a party, with whom he had the honour to act, the stigma of agitation, and he was the more amused because it came from parties who themselves had been always foremost to agitate. It came from that very party who were most prominent at that season of holy festi vity in London, in agitating for the destruction of sin in all its forms. That reminded him of a story which he heard of a Tory at Leeds, who during the time of the heat of an election was engaged to stand God father to the chill of a friend, and arriving too early at the Church, he strutted about the church-yard, and the beadle, who was a man of oppo site politics, came to him and said the clerk was ready. The answer of the honest Tory was " What is that to you ?" The reply of the beadle was, " You are a sponger," and the Indignant Tory immediately answered, " You are another."—(Hear, hear, and loud laughter.) Having very vague ideas of the duties of a godfather, the Tory inter preted the word opprobiously, and retorted on the unoffending beadle. Without participating in the ignorance of his brother Conservative, he reehord his retort, and when he was complained of as being an agitator, he simply replied "You are another."—(Great cheering and laughter.) He thought the agitation Yams worthy of their common Christianity, and he would go on to agitate until, by the blessing of Providence, he had destroyed every form and system of sin, and as an humble instrument of Almighty God, secure freedom and the blessings of religion to all his brethren.—(Loud cheers.) J. F.. Levers, Esq., came forward to move the next resolution. If justice had not been refused to the negroes, he would not have been there that clay. They were assembled in the place where justice was wont to be administered, and he was happy to see the chair so worthily filled by their Chief Magistrate. The case before them was analogous to cases welch were frequently brought before their Chairman or Chief Magistrate. It was a case of complaint brought by apprentices against their masters for cruel treatment, and if their worthy Chairman had to deal with it he (Mr. Lunell) would not be afraid of the evsult.--(Continued cheering.) When the abolition of slavery 'was first proposed, the planters had merely asked fifteen millions. But Lord Stanley came down with a proposition instead of the proposed loan of fifteen millions, to give them a grant of twenty millions; and that was paid, rather as a penalty by a sinning but repentant people, to get rid of that which was considered to be no longer defensible, and ought not any longer to be tolerated. It would not. be difficult to prove the contract, if there was one, had been shamefully broken, and if the case was brought before their worthy chief magistrate in the justice room he would at once deeide that not only should the indentures be cancelled, but that the party was entitled to have the apprentice fee returned. They did not ask that, they only asked the indentures should be cancelled ; and, for the terms of the indenture, he would refer to the speech of Lord Stanley, on introducing his Emancipation Act. It provided that, from and after the lot of August, 1834, slavery should be utterly abolished and declared unlawful throughout the British colonies, plantations, and ;possessions —that the power of the whip, as a stimulus to labour, should cease—that females should not be flogged—that neither the masters nor the local magistrates should have power to inflict punishment—that the negro should work for his master a certain number of hours—and that, subject only to that obligation, he should be, to all intents and purposes, a freeman.—(Cheers) He would put in that as the apprenticeship in denture, and he could prove, by the admission of Lord Glenelg, that its ob. legations had not been fulfilled. Mr. Lunell here read a long extract from one of the Marie is of Sligo's dispatches to Lord Glenelg for the purpose of showing the oppressive and cruel manner in which the apprentices were treated in Jamaica. Alter these statements he thought a sufficient case hadbeen male out to justify them in demanding the extinction of the apprenticeship system. But could it be necessary in such an as sembly as the present to offer any arguments to prove that the claims of humanity sad religion require that the slaves in the West India Colonies should be set free.—(Cheers.) What was the religion of the Bible which they professed, but a religion announcing freedom to man. One of its first precepts wee, to " Da unto others as you would they should do unto you "—(tar, hear.) W ith respect to the policy of the measure, he felt perfectly satisfied it would conduce to the interests of the planters as welt as of the negrnes.—(Hear, hear.) Whether or not the petition sent up from various parts of the kingdom, would lead to the immediate concession of the measure was uncertain, but he thought there was no doubt that long before the year 1840, if it was not granted by the British Legislature, it would be effecte l by other means.—(Vehement cheering.) Mr. Lunch concluded by moving the next reselutioto SAMUEL Bowatv, Esq., In seconding the resolution, observed that although he disagreed with his worthy friend on political subjects he agreed with him as to the propriety of not making a long beginning to his speech. It was asserted that a solemn compact was entered into, but it was nothing more than an Act of Parliament, and an Act of Parliament for tasking a railroad was just as solemn as any other, and n Imore —(llcar, hear) The Act of Parliament which forbid the emir sweeps to cry nut in the streets, was just as solemn as any other. If they admitted that one part of an Act was more solemn than another, then they admitted the. principle upon which every man might take that part which best suited his sown purpose. What was the object of the Act of 1533 ? It was 110 t to establish an apprenticeship system, but to put an entire end to slavery. The secondary object was to compen sate the planters; but the most solemn portion of the Act was to obtain the liberation of the negroes.—(Cheers.) It was the duty of the British Legislature to see that every provision of that Act was carried ottt, add if it could be proved that it had not asiswe e.l the purpose, they had a perfect right to pass another Act to correct the previous one. Although he (Mr. Rowley) was an admirer of the present Administration, he should on that or. count Lae the liberty of speaking a little more firmly on the subject than others, whose difference of politics induced them to allude to the subject more delmatcly. In the last Session of Parliament an Act was passed conferring certain chiles and customs upon a harbour on the Welch coast. The Bill was before Parliament far flee months, and ulti mately became law. In the course of the present Session, a member of the Government (Mr. Poultet Thernpson) took his seat as Chair man of the Committee on the Bill, and rescinded the Act, with out gi•lug one penny of compensation to the parties interested;. Wherein then did the difference lie ? It might be said that Fishguard Harbour Bill was obtained by misrepresentation. That was not the fact. But if there was any misrepresentation, there was not a whit more thsn was premised on the public on the passing of the Bill of 1533. They had heard it react that the negro was not to have a stain of slavery upon hirn, and yet he could not go to see his dying wife and child with.. out souring the punishment of thirty-nine lashes.—(Hear, hear.) It might be said these were small matters; but did justice consist of small matters? Was the poor risen tit be set aii,!e because of his poverty, and the rich man to be regerded because of his riches?—(Hear, hear ) Why should they net do equal justice to all P Ho admitted that the Fisheuarti Art Wei not a proper one, and that it ought to be rime:led ; but the patties were entitles! to some compensation. They had a property in the tolls, and the next year that property was destroyed—'hear, hear.) A man As pat in the witness-box, who proved Unit he did not buy a share in the Company till he had ascer tained the Act was passed, and then, on the faith of Parliament, he had purchased shares, every penny of which he had lost; yet that Bill was repealed by a largo majority, and every Member who voted for it was bound to vote for this abolition of slavery. That was a question of pounds, !dieting', and pence, and yet was riot oonsidered a legal contract. Buz here was a contract of flesh and blood, which it was attempted to maintain was inviolate.—(Hear, hear.) What was the difference be.. tween the two Acts? It was this—teat the West India negroes were a poor oppressed people, who could not speak for themselves, while the West India planters were a wealthy, powerful, and influential class. On the other hand, the ship owners were a powerful and influential body, while the promoters of the Fisliguard Harbour Bill were persons of little note or influence This, then, was the great distinction. The wealthy and powerful were listened to, while the poor, the oppressed, and the injured were left to their own re sources,—(Laud cheers) He had intended going through the different heads of Lord Glenelg's speech, for the purpose of making out their case, but it was almost unnecessary to do an. The first admission of Lord Olcaelg was, that the negroes were admirably fitted for freedom, and then he acknowledged the right of the negro to free dom, but he wished to continue them in a state of bondage, in order that the interests of the planters might he promoted. He would like to know If they were not ready for freedom now when they would be ready? —(Hear, hear.) Twenty years ago, in Africa, they were ready for freedom, and they enjoyed it. They had been filched away under the pretence of making them Christians, and at the end of twenty years they were told they were not fit for what they had been before. Justice had been denied to the negro in every instance; and in the ease of Dr. Palmer, his administration of the law occasioned such a ferment among the planters that a Commission of Inquiry was called for, who reported that Dr. Palmer had administered the law according to the spirit of the English Abolition Act. For that offence, and that alone, Sir Lionel Smith suspended him twenty-four hours after the report was given . in, and that decision was confirmed by the Colonial Government at home Efore he could arrive in England and lay his case before them. The at admission of Lord Glenelg referred to the cruel treatment of the Prentices in the workhouses. The flogging of women was also proved by the official documents to which his Lordship had referred, and a re. cent case had occurred in which a woman hest died on the treadmill, although twenty-four hoUrs before she had been in perfect health.— (Loud cries of " Shame.") Many people were unwilling to believe these things, and said th 4 were exaggerated, but there was nothing exagge rated in them, and he wished that Sir G. Grey and Lord Glenelg, instead of saying they were going about misleading public meetings would point out from their books or documents a single instance in which they had been wrong Mr. Bowley then referred to James Williams' narrative, every statement in which had been confirmed by the report of a Com.. mittee. It was unnecessary for him to allude to the allowances and in dulgences which had been withdrawn from the negroes, but such things were never known in a state of slavery. The mothers of young children were compelled to work in the fields as long as able-bodied men : they were obliged to pay back the time devoted to attendance upon their sick or dying children. Such was the cruelty new practised by the planters, that feeble old men and women who had been previously excused were again sent forth to work in the fields. If these men possessed the feel , ings of Britons, they would rise with cutlasses in their hands, and if they had not been the most obedient and docile people in the world, they ne ver would have endured the system so long, Every full-grown negro was furnished with a cutlass to cut the sugar-canes, and they might have depopulated the islands of the whites, and immediately taken possession of them.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") It was hard to bear down with such rigour upon an enduring people. Even the cooks and water-carriers were withdrawn from them, and they might imagine what it was to work under a burning sun in such a climate without a drop of water.—(Cries of "Shame, shame.") TiIC eight hours' system had been carried to such an extent that the negroes were altogether prevented from cultivating their own provision grounds. Another abuse was the valuation system, and it appeared that in the island of Ja rn awai ts three months 385 negroes had applied to be valued, and out of Mese 261 only could raise the money, not having the means to pay the exorbitant price fixed upon them. What must be the situation of those individuals who were ready to give their all—the earnings of their entire lives, or, as many had done, get into debt to obtain possession of their freedom two short years earlier, about which some persons talked with so much coldness in this country. It was said two years were not worth talking about, but they were of so much worth to the negro that he was ready to give all he possesse d to obtain them. It was n ee dl ess to point out how Parl i amen t i n the first instance legalised freedom ; and then, by compelling the negroes to pay for their freedom, tbey Inland slavery,—(Hear, bear.) When a man came to be valued, the owner actually gave evidence to increase his value, that he was an honest, steady, good working hand, so that a man had to pay for his moral qualifications, and his religious attain.. meats—for his honesty in most instances was derived from his know- ledge of religion.—(Cheers) Think at the last awful day how men will be made to answer for these crimes who have done that ? —(Hear, hear.) Their representatives in Parliament, and every man and woman within the reach of his voice who did not use their exertions to get their representatives to undo that injustice bore some portion of the responsibility.—(Hear, hear.) With all this array •f facts it had been asserted that they had not cases enough. How did they know ? Did Lord Glenelg, or the special Magistrates, or the Go.. venor find them out? No, forsooth, but private individuals from among their ranks went over, and out of the mouth of a single boy came vo lumes of evidence. What was to prevent these statements being ge neral ? Nothing but the consciences of the planters. And who were the planters ? The Members of the Jamaica House of Assembly. Were these men anxious to prevent the abuse and oppression of their slaves ? On the contrary, Lord Glenelg told them that they had ob jected to every measure which was brought forward to ameliorate the condition of the negroes. The same persons were Members of that Assembly now as when one of them had the audacity to propose that women should be decently instead of indecently flogged; and would it be believed that these planters, some of them the most respectable men in the island, voted two to one against the measure ?—(Hear, hear.) The Bill admitted a great many of the abuses of the system, but not all. For instance, under the slavery law there were only two effences punishable with fifty lashes under the slavery law, while now there were thirteen offences punishable by the same number, making the apprenticeship system far more degrading and severe than the former. The allowance of food, which was twenty one pints per week, had been reduced to ten pints in some colonies—in the Mauritius to six pints, and in Tortola to four pints. It appeared from a return of punishments inflicted on the negroes that, out of 25,395 punishments, only 3,129 would have been inflicted in a state of freedom, leaving 22,236 to be inflicted for the purpose of enforcing la bour, which would be better done by a system of wages. In the island of Antigua these same negroes were working without any such punish ment at all. The indolence of the negroes had been complained of, but let them show him the white man who would work for another for nothing, and yet they expected the negroes to do so, after paying 20 millions for their entire freedom. He could not better illustrate the cruelty of the system than by showing how it was treated when brought to light in the co lonies. Mr. Bowley here read extracts from dispatches from the Marquis of Sligo to Lord Glenelg, detailing gross cruelty and misconduct on the part of the overseers, and in which it appeared that in no instance had the guilty parties been brought to punishment. Again, it was asserted in Lord Glenelg's Bill that the special Justices would protect the negroes from persecution, but the Bill did not attempt to protect the Justices against the far more insidious and dangerous snare--the hospitality of the planters. There was nothing in the Bill to prevent the Justices from riding the planters horses—from drinking their wine, from sleeping in their beds, and dancing with their daughters. The number of special Magis trates that had fallen a sacrifice to the hospitality of the Magistrates was very great, and he had heard it stated that it made a difference of 501. a_year to the Special Magistrate whether he was on friendly terms with the .Magistrate or not. Let them put that to the test of their own consciences, and ask how many of them would have attended that meeting to-day if they were required to pay a soveleign ? How could they expect the Special Justices to give up 501 a-year. It was exact ing more from human nature than they ought. If these men could but have dune justice, the apprenticeship system would have worked very differently. When they found that these unfortunate women were flogged, could they not have said, "We will not convict a single negro more till this matter is put to rights ?"—(Hear, hear ) How much, then, had they not in their power ?—(Loud cheers.) There men stand before you as the accused parties, receiving 4501. a year each of your bard earnings, without doing justice. One provision of the Bill gave power to the Governor to manumit the slaves who were ill-treated; but who would tell him, how was it, who could not find out the case of James Williams ? Look at the extent of Jamaica, and at the barriers against the negroes laying their complaints against the masters, when it was well known that Lord Sligo knew nothing of women being brutally flogged within a hundred yards of his own door ? 3lr. Bowley here referred to certain returns relative to the value of estates in the island of Jamaica, for the purpbse of showing that under the slavery system they had been every year dete riorating. Notwithstaading all the money that had been paid to the West India planters, they had been paying, in the name of protecting duties, a large amount every year, and yet they could not contend with the produce of free labour. It was asserted that if the system was put anzend to there would be no employment for their ships ; but every body knew that the sugar, and the other pioluce of the West India islands, could be fetched from where it was cultivated by free labour as well as under a system of slavery. Another argu ment was, that this system encouraged the consumption of our manu factures; but what could persons consume who were clad in coarse Osnaburgs, living in little huts—whereas, if he was a free man, he would earn, and consequently consume, ten times as much. He held in his hand a large volume, drawn up in the West Indies, and containing an account of the distress of the proprietors, from which it appeared that, notwithstanding the protecting duty, they sustained a loss of SA. for every cwt. of sugar brought to market. If that were true, the sooner they put an end to the system the better for the planters themselves. It was extraordinary that come of the advocates of the present system had not cast their eyes se a men that statement ; for he would like to know where the man was who, on taking a business where there was a loss of 501. a year, would give any thing for the good-will. This statement was not confined to Jamaica ; but it applied to Demerara, to Essequibo, where there was a soil of 15 feet in depth, and there they found that matters were so nicely balanced that the planters had nothing for themselves. It appeared to him that it would be a great kindness to the planters to put an end to this system. But it did not rest there, for they had been sending out troops in thousands arid tens of thousands to keep the people in a state of subjection. In time of war every man sent out cost the country 1001., and by an official return it appeared that in five months 6,000 men died by disease alone. He knew a man who went out with a regiment of 1,000 strong, at different periods it had been made up to 3,000, and they returned with only forty five alive. Was it nothing that the bravest and best of our troops should be scot there to perish ? Scme years ago a body of black troops was raised from the refuse of the population, and yet they had never miseonducted themselves, but the prejudices of the white men, who could not bear to s e a red coat upon a black skin, occa. sinned their being disbanded—(Hear, hear.) If they only gave those men their freedom there would be no occasion for troops at all. In Antigua they were about to withdraw all the soldiers, and as a proof of the beneficial operation of free labour he had heard that a gentleman, a Member of Parliament, who had an estate in that island, had, for the last ten years, paid 7,0001. out of his pocket to keep it up, but since the abolition of slavery he had Lean offered 1,2001. rent. So much for the policy of slavery. It appeared, be an extract from a Earhadoes paper, which lie held in his hand, that the fixing of a maximum of wages was suggested lest it might encourge too much of a miserly spirit in the negroes, and make them desire luxuries beyond their station in life. , That paragraph was not intendeJ for time English public ; and he feared that the planters required a lesson of humility more than the negroes. If gaMing too much money was likely to lead men away from humility he thought they had berm a euilty nation in giving them 20,000,0004 — (Cheers.) Why had not the system been long since done away with ? Beca,:se a liberal Government had been against them. Now, a fe:i words with respect to Lord J. Russell. His Lordship had complained of their agitation, but agitation did very well, wh,n it got his Lordship into office—when agitation caused all the people in the country to cry out for reform, as if that would cause roast beef and plum-puthlng to drop down out of the c'ouls, it was all very good and consistent with a healthy and sound legislation—(Hear, hear)—but now that the religious - public and sound thinking men who understand and arc thoroughly pre pared to prove their case come forward, Lord John Russell declares that agitation has become dangerous. Really it did not come well from him, to bring any such accusation against them. His Lordship told them that the slaves were not fit for freedom while he intimated that if they gave the planters a little more money they would be perfectly fit for freedom. It appeared, therefore, that Lord J. Russell had no grunt confidence in those teachers of liberty; but a more anoma'ous thing was never heard of than apprenticing men to West India tyrants to learn liberty.—(Cheers ) His Lordship said it was unfair to agitate the country in that way; but the wisdom of Par liament appeared to him (Mr. B.) a little above ordinary comprehension. IT, slloeld have said that it would be as well to have kept the money till they had got the goods. The wisdom of Parliament thought it better to p.y the money first, and never get the goo.'s afterwards —(Laughter.) He coefessed after that he had more confidence of the wisdom 4 f the people te an is the wisdom of Parliament. Before a single meeting had been held, in November last a Committee had waited upon Lords Glenelg and Melbourne, and they had then and there offered to prove their case. At that time he did not believe that Lord Glenclg had got a bit of his own Bill framed, but finding that the steam got so hot, that not being listened to by the Government, the Committee had ap paled to the people, Lord Glenelg and Sir George Grey as a sort of sedative, before the country had been agitated, the Committee had wished the Government to take upon itself the measure they had been now advocating. Lord J. Russell refused to take the responsibility of such a step upon himself, and intimated that he must res , gn. The abo litionists did not ask his Lordship to take any responsibility upon himself —all they asked was, that the measure should be placed upon the responsibility of Parliament. It was open for them to say that in their lofty wisdom they did not see any neces sity for the measure, but that tl ey would leave it to the wisdom of Parliament to carry it out, if Parliament decided that it was right It had been stated that they had used unnecessary influence with Mem bers of Parliament, but what was their influence compared to that of Lord J. Russell ? Did he not send out Government circulars to call in his supporters to vote against the wishes of the people, as repre sented by thousands of petitions ? But his Lordship had gone further, and in his official capacity had turned Lord Charles Fitzroy out of the Queen's household for voting with the wishes of the people.—(Hisses, and cries of " Shame:") A Liberal Government had turned a man out of office for daring to vote against their dictates in favour of Eman cipation. He really hoped that the people of that country would not allow such an Act to pass without some mark of sympathy on their part, and his proposition was, to open a subscription of one shilling each to present Lord Charles Fitzroy with a piece of plate, as a memorial from the people of England of his integrity and independence.—(Vehement cheering.) Again, Mr. Sturge and others had been treated as if they had done something very wrong in exposing the negroes' wrongs and excited the people. But what had the Government itself done ? There was General Evans, who was sent out to Spain, to force political liberty on the people at the point of the bayonet—lie destroys a great many lives, and flogs a great many men, to keep up the discipline of the army, and on his return receives towards, and honours, and title. On the other hand, there was an individual who went to a foreign coun try, not to establish political, but personal rights, and instead of being treated with honour on his return, or a title conferred on him, he is sneered at by the Government which conferred a title on Gen. Evans. He (Mr. Bowley) was a Liberal, and a supporter of truly Liberal princi ples, but he would never sacrifice his principles at the shrine of any po litical party, and he must say that no man, or set of men, were fit to be entrusted with the guardianship of their own liberties who were heed less of the liberties of another country. Hitherto he had treated the ques tton on the grounds of political economy and moral obligation, but as Christians, they should view it as one of awful responsibility. In the sight of the Almighty, one day there would appear the degraded slave, with a pure heart and broken spirit at the bar of eternal justice, and then he would be placed face to face with his tyrant and oppressor, and in pro.. portion to their responsibilty in not doing all they could to relieve that poor and oppressed people, would they be considered guilty in the sight of a just, a pure, a holy God. He did hope that as Christians they would use their best exertions to obtain the liberation of that unhappy race, and he hoped before the Royal diadem descended upon the head of their beautiful Queen, her sceptre of mercy would be put forth over every clime which owned her as a Sovereign, and extend freedom to every part of her dominions.—(Loud cheers.) JAMES WOOD, Esq then came forward—He said at that late hour he he would be guilty of very great impropriety if he addressed them at any length. lie had come prepared with a large bundle of papers to. prove every point of their case, but the speakers who had preceded him had left him little to do in that way. Certainly the grant of twenty millions of money did stand prominently forward as an act of the greatest crimi nality that had ever passed a legislative assembly. To select those who were bars to propagate the principles of truth, would be folly in the ex treme, and to give a premium upon cruelty and injustice, was the act'of a madman. If he wished to inculcate the principles of honesty and fair dealing between man and man, would it be wise to go among thieves and robbers ? and, as had been observed, by one of the gentlemen who had preceded him, to endeavour to inculcate the principles of freedom by men who had trampled liberty under their feet during the whole course of their lives, was an act of the most egregious folly. He did not regret the grant of twenty millions, although they had re ceived no per centage. It was the fulcrum on which they would place the loser to extinguish slavery forever. Archimedes had said, " give me a place to plant my machine, and I will move the world." The abolitionists had first taken up the case upon the grounds of religious liberty alone, but now they can apply the much better argument of twenty millions of money paid for the emancipation of the negroes, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1638. Their cause was one in which all the family of rein were leagued i rs defence of righteousness and truth, against the cause of oppression an cruelty. It was not the cause of Whig or Tory, of Conseevative or Liberal—(Hear, hear)—but it was the cause of those who were made in the image of God, by tho workmanship of his hand, in opposi tion to the powers of the Prince of the Air. It was unnecessary for him to enter upon the character of the Colonial Assembly, nor would he allirde to the offensive expressions of a member of that Assembly, rela tive to the petition presented by 630,000 persons to the Queen in behalf of the negroes ; but he would at once hasten to other matters. It was strange to talk of the wisdom of the British Parliament, when it had ex. cited the astonishment of the negro himself. They said, "In one part of the book we are manumitted and free, and yet by and by here is some. thing about binding. This cannot be true—it never could come from a British Government—the planters must have put all this in."—(Hear, hear.) The apprenticeship system was replete with the deepest injury to the Colonies in the West Indies. Let them bear in mind that the Colonies were altogether and essentially agricultural—that it was by the cultivation of the land they had to gain their livelihood and wealth, while commerce was w secondary matter. Was it wise, then, in an agricultural country to inflict disgrace on the labourers by whom their fields were cultivated ? Would it be wise in England to brand its peasantry—its greatest glory and safety—with disgrace and degrada tion, and yet such was the conduct of the British Parliament, by telling the negroes that for two years longer they were not fit to tnloy the blessings of freedom. Mr. Wood here referred to the valuation of slaves which had been made in the Colonies for the purpose of showing that the price had been most unjustly raised in every instance. The name of Mr. Ewart Gladstone, of Liver_ pool, was now known and trumpeted throughout the country ; and by way of showing the interest which lie took in the continuation of the system of slavery, he would read to them an extract of a letter to his agent at Calcutta, requesting him to send over a cargo of coolies. Mr. Gladstone wishes " Our plantation labour in the dell as very light—much is by task work, and usually closed at two o'clock—abundance of food and a regular supply of salt cod —parents instructed in religious duties—clothing sufficiently sup. plied every year—children educated in schools—marriages are encou. raged—regular medical attendance without cost—houses comfort able, and it may fairly be said they pass their time happily and agreeably—stipendiary magistrates to judge between them and their employers—hospitals (?—prisons). We are very particularly si tuated with our negro apprentices, and it is a matter of douht and uncertainty how far they may be induced to continue their services after their apprenticeship expires.; We want a set off tomake us independent " Had they forgotten the fable of the two dogs, the one plump and the other lean? When the latter asked how it was that he fared so well, and had the best of everything, and the other invited him to go to his house, the starved dog was on the point of going, when he saw a mark upon his neck, and asked what it was. His fat friend replied, it was a chain which was faitencd round his neck, upon which the other instantly bade him farewell, and his good living, declaring that he was net free, but a slave, Such was the principle of the negroes—give them freedem with dried bread and a cup of water and they would be content and happy. The answer of Mr. Gladstone's agent was as follows :—" We arc not aware that any greater difficulty would present itself in sending men to the West Indies—the natives being perfectly ignorant of the place they agree to go to, or the length of the voyage. We firmly believe, that in inducing these men to leave their country we are breaking no ties of kindred, or in any way acting a cruel part. Pro poses to have 150; and if the females will work in the field, say two women to three men, or equal numbers, if required; but if they will not engage to work there, then, ai to the Isle of France, one female to nine or ten men for cooking or washing, is enough. If it is necessary to separate the men from the women, the ship between decks will be divided into compartments. Much will no doubt depend on the proportions of each, and whether married or single." They would see froze that how Mr. Gladstone encouraged marriages among his negroes. If the women were willing to work in the fields under a tropical sun, then lie might send two women to three men; hut if they preferred their domestic ties, and wished to remain at home, then one female would be enough for ten men. He asked no more to prove the cruelty and immorality of the man ; and his blood boiled with indignation that a Member of the British Legislature should be geilty of such atrocious conduct. Those wretches were to have no home, no fire side, and they were to be imported in thousands after thousands, and suffered to die away from the face of the earth, and leave not a vestige behind. After some further observations, for which we regret we have not space, Mr. Wood concluded by moving the re solution. The resolution was seconded by the Rev. Mr. Crispp, whose speech, with that of the Rev. Messrs. Lucy and Roper, a press of Parliamen. tary matter obliges us to omit. Thanks were then voted to the Mayor, for his dignified conduct in the chair, and the meeting separated. NEWSPAPER STAMPS. (From the Parliamentary Returns published this day.) A Return of the Number of NEWSPAPER STAMPS at One Penny and One Halfpenny issued to the several News_ papers in England, Scotland, and Wales, from the Ist De cember 1837 to the 3I st of March 1838 inclusive; specifying each Newspaper by Name, and the Number of Stamps issued each Month during that period to each Newspaper. EXTRACT. LONDON EVENING NEWSPAPERS. Courier-- Dee. 1837 31,000 Jan. 1838 39,000 Feb. 1838 33,000 Mar. 1838 33,000 136,000 Globe Dec. 1837 72,000 Jan. 1838 90,000 Feb. 1838 72,000 Mar. 1838 72,000 -- 306,000 Standard... Dec. 1837 78,000 Jan. 1838 105,000 Feb. 1838 lOO,OOO Mar. 1838 lOO.OOO 383,000 The Sun... Dec. 1837 102,000 Jan. 1838 lll,OOO Feb. 1838 96,000 Mar. 1838 lll,OOO 420,000 HIGH WATER AT LOSDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning ..... 0 minutesafter S I Evening ...... 3t minutes after 8 13, Grcat _Marlborough-street. rrHE NEW SERIES OF RANDOM RE COLLECTIONS OF THE LORDS AND COMMONS IS NOW READY, in 2 vols. post Svo. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Groat Marlborough-street. .* Orders received by all Booksellers. TO CORRESPONDENTS. " Justitia" has been received, and shall appear to-inorrow. ing ; end in that circumstance, combined with the difficulty of settling this important and troublesome question, they had a sort of justification, or at least a pretext for not carrying it into effect. But the sagacious Tories would persist in asking the House of Commons to rescind those waste paper resolutions, and the Ministers to brand themselves ; the consequence is that this House of Commons, by refusing to acceed to Sir THOMAS ACLAND'S motion, has made those resolutions its own. They are confirmed. Sir ROBERT PEEL has suc ceeded in eliciting the opinion of the present Parliament in their favour. Now this miracle of sagacity wishes to have the tithe question settled; he knows that were it settled the Tories might perchance get into office, and govern Ireland, and he promotes a motion which pledges the present House of Commons to resolutions which he says are an insurmountable bar to settling the Tithe question. Wise Sir ROBERT PEEL I We doubt now whether the Ministers either can or will carry a plan through this House of Commons which does not em body the appropriation clause. The Tithe question will again be left to the mercy of the Irish, who, we have now no doubt, will finally, and ere long, settle it, as it ought to be settled, by each peasant keeping his own produce, setting the unjust law at defiance, and positively refusing to give one atom of the fruits of his labour to the parson. Sir ROBERT PEEL, you are a sagacious Statesman ! We regard the motion of Sir THOMAS ACLAND as the most important event of the Session, and most heartily do we re joice at the result—not because the enemies of Ireland have been signally defeated on their own ground, but because their whole conduct on this occasion must convince the Whig Go vernment that no confidence can be placed in their professions, and that henceforth Ministers must look for support to their only true friends—the people. Injury may be forgiven, but insult never. Lord JonN RUSSELL has been bowing to the Tories all the Session—he has all but courted their alliance at the risk of losing the support of the best friends of Reform, and they make him the appropriate return of attempting first to degrade him, and then turn him out of office. Could he have expected any other return ? Does any rational being now believe that any concession would satisfy them while Lord JowN sits on the Treasury Bench ; or doubt that the Member returned for Marylebone by Colonel THOMPSON and Mr. MURPHY spoke the whole truth, and nothing but the truth—the sentiments of one and all of the party—when he expressed his earnest wish . that " the blow should be fatal ?" None but men willing to be led captive could have been deceived by Tory professions, or trusted to Tory faith. We have never ceased to revile that most un toward speech made by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, on the 20th of November ; and we now rejoice that the result has justified our anticipations, and that the Tories have unani mously declared that with him and his party, while in office, they will have no communion. He knows now whom to trust —Whigs and Radicals of every shade have come to his as sistance in a cause the most sacred that ever engaged the thoughts of a leader of the House of Commons—in rendering justice to an oppressed and long suffering people. The preju dices of Englishmen against their unfortunate fellow-subjects in Ireland are gradually wearing away, and the day is not far distant when, with few exceptions, they will do justice to the Ministry—who shall have the courage and the perseverance to pe-sist in the only mode of pacifying the people of that country—in placing them on a perfect equality with English men and Scotchmen. Mr. O'CoNNELL's speech will sink deep into the hearts of his countrymen. He spoke with more than his usual vigour, and with a truth which the Tories dare not deny, said " the real question was—how shall Ireland be governed? You have taken the property of the Catholics— and having done this, you now refuse to do justice under the paltry pretence of religion. It is a paltry and a hollow hy pocrisy. The debate adjourned on Monday was resumed last night and brought to a close. In almost as full a Honse as it is ever possible to assemble, 620, including the SPEAKER, the Minis ters obtained a majority greater than the Tories on the question chosen by the latter of 19. There voted for Ministers 317, and for the Tories 298. The strength of both parties has been fairly tried on a Tory field of battle, and the Ministers are successful. Nothing has been spared by the Tories to ensure success. They have had Church Missionaries going through the land to kindle the slumbering zeal of Pro testant tradesmen, and warm the courage of country gentlemen. They expressly invited a groat man to London, to inspire Members of Parliament with the serpent wisdom of the Clergy. They paraded their strength at a great festi val, and expected by boasting and bullying to fascinate their opponents and make resistance impossible. On Monday morning only the thunderer of the party said, " We wonder not at the feverish scurrility with which the organs of the wretched men in office have already begun to vent their ap prehensions of what may be the result of this demonstration of a force to them of such fatal omen. Among its results there a-e some, and not trivial ones, which may he apparent to the whole country before two days are over. Carry but that close and energetic co-operation of which the meeting in question has been the index into the benches of the House of Com mons, and in one week the stigma entailed upon us by the last three years of ignominious thraldom is effaced." All these mighty preparations have failed ; all the boast ing and the bullying has been unheeded ; the sly insi nuations and the pious injunctions of the priesthood have teen disregarded ; and the Tories have been defeated. We heartily congratulate the country on the result, which demonstrates the imbecility of a faction that is equally mischievous and wicked. Under the mask of protecting property, the Tories seek to plunder the people. Under a pretence of supporting and strengthening religion, they associate i t with sordid tyranny; and make the balm of our earthly existence a poison and a curse. They pervert to political purposes and political ends revealed truth itself, and make men hate religion, by clothing it in the character of a tithe collector, supported by an armed soldier. They have aimed to get possession of office, that they might with some chance of success continue their hateful career; and in their prosecution of their abominable design they have dared to risk the internal peace of the empire, and sought to arrest the progress of society. Sincerely do we rejoice that such a fac tion has been once mere defeated, and that its impotency— happily for the world—is proved even to surpass its wicked ness, We see with delight that the Times, which on Monday could write of nothing but the expected victory, is completely stunned by last night's vote. It grinds its teeth, and stifles, in utter silence, all sign of its bitter agony New York Papers to the 21st ult. inclusive, have been re ceived this morning. They bring advices from Upper Canada of the 12th. SUTHERLAND, Dr. THELLER, and WALTER CHASE, the former of Detroit, the latter of Port Stanley, have been sentenced to be hung. LouNT and MATTHEWS were hung at Toronto on the 12th ult. at eight o'clock in the morn- ing. A petition for mercy, signed by 3,000 citizens of To ronto and its vicinity, was presented to Sir GEORGE ARTHUR, but so far was the new Governor from complying with the prayer of the petitioners, that he refused even to give up to the wretched wives of the culprits their dead bodies before dissection. Bitterly will Great Britain repent the hour when Sir GEORGE ARTHUR was chosen to water the seeds of rebel lion in Canada with the blood of her deluded citizens. There were four more victims to be hanged at Toronto on the 30th, and seven were ordered for execution at Hamilton, on the 24th. These executions have naturally created a strong feeling of repulsive excitement in the Upper Province. The " Patriots" are regarded as martyrs, and every act of merciful forbear ance on their part is remembered, only to contrast it with the sanguinary policy of a Governor, odious to thousands in consequence of having served his official apprenticeship in a penal settlement. Our Government was guilty of a gross dereliction of duty in recommending to her Majesty, as the Governor of the moat obscure Colony under the Crown, a man so notorious for the anti-liberalism of his career as Sir GEORGE ARTHUR—much moro for appointing him to such a Govern ment as that of the Province of Upper Canada. The rebels have already suffered greatly, and the Government is strong enough to exercise, to the fullest extent, the divine preroga tive of mercy. If it be necessary to make a few examples, that can be best done by banishment, imprisonment, or con fiscation of property. In the name of humanity, let there be no more bloodshed in expiation of past delinquencies. Trials in Canada must, from the state of public feeling, be little better than mockeries of justice. We have sheathed the sword, let us not disgrace the generous impulses of our nature by erecting the gallows to debauch the moral feelings, or curdle the blood of infancy and womanhood. There is no domestic news of any importance in the New York Papers. We copy, from the New York Daily Herald, the latest account of the state of the Money Market:— CITY, THURSDAY ETUNING, APRIL 19.--United States Bank Stock opened to-day at 114, and closed at 115, cash—over 250 shares chang ing hands. Other stocks went off with some animation. Delaware and Hudson closed at 67. The sales this day comprised about 2,000 shares of all sorts of stocks. This looks a little like a return to the palmy days of 1836. How long it will last, it is hard to say. We fear it is nothing more than hectic flush. Mobile money is 4 par cent, better, and in demand. This further movement in Alabama bank notes, indicates that the institutions of that state are at last taking measures to elevate their circulation. Specie continues a drug. American gold is to 1 per cent. premium. In the midst of all this approximation of bank paper and coin to the same level, Treasury notes maintain their depreciated rates. Increase the quantity of this sort of paper, and its depreciation will become more marked. _ At New Orleans on the 10th instant, there arrived from Tampico and Matamoras, to various merchants Of that city, 165,745 dollars. It is sold by the brokers at from 6 to 7 per cent. premium over city notes. Texas money was firm at 25 per cent. discount, and not SO per cent., as was quoted in the Loco Foco papers of New Orleans. The Citizens, Con.olidatcd and Canal Banks are issuing post notes, payable lit March, 1840. They are greedily seized at, and have already afforded some re- LONDON : WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 18, 1838. The debate was opened by Mr. LITTON, who had the im pertinence to tell the Ministers that " they would have to an swcr to the yeomanry and gentry of England for carrying a question relating, to the Church Establishment, by a majority made up of such materials." Mr. LITTON does not admit, therefore, that the vote of one Member of the House and of one elector is as good as the vote of another; but he insists that the yeomen and gentry of England—those who desire to starve the people—so far as that is consistent with their advan tage, should weigh double on all questions. Such imperti nence becomes a Turkish Pacha amongst Greek slaves, but is wholly misplaced in the English House of Commons. Mr. LAS CFLLF.S, Mr. J. YOUNG, Viscount SANDON, Lord TEIGNMOUTII, and Mr. SHAW, made a series of imbecile and furious speeches, characteristic of their faction, to support Sir THOMAS ACLAND. Mr. REDINGTON, Mr. TOWMLEY, and MT. BENETT spoke against rescinding the resolution. Mr. WARD made a spirited speech exposing the tergiversation of Sir EARDLEY WILMOT, and proving that the most pious of the Tories arc as false and hypocritical as they are intriguing and ambitious. The Chro nicle ascribes an excellent speech to Mr. BELLEW, which the Herald asserts the House would not hear, because we presume the Tories disliked the useful facts and terse arguments with which Mr. I3er.Lnw defended his country, and assailed the Irish Church. Mr. O'Comxism, properly said that the whole question in dispute is how Ireland is to be goversed, and he protested against once more submitting to the outrageous tyranny of the Tories. Sir ROBERT PEEL made a long speech, which may be as surpassingly eloquent as the Herald describes it, but it wanted efficacy. It got no votes. The public will echo the mocking laugh of the House of Commons when this plausible speaker referred with disapprobation to "engendering bitterness in Ireland." Why, his whole career and the whole career of his party has been one long effort—happily not always successful —to foster the bitterness of religious hate and of insulting domination in that land of suffering. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER wound up the debate, and demolished the only pretext on which the Tories had defended their motion. They could not, forsooth, understand whether the appropriation clause was carried into effect by the Minister's Tithe reso lution or not—and, therefore, they had no alternative but to elicit the opinion of the present Parliament before discussing those resolutions. But the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER —avowing, we are sorry to say, th at Minis ters considered the resolutions as giving up the appropriation clause—said, why did not the Tories ask what was the inten tion of Ministers? No, they preferred an attack on a Church question, on a sort of " No Popery" cry to turn out the Minis ters ; and they were properly defeated. What have the Tories gained by their factious proceeding ? If we are to believe the Times, the Herald, and the Post, the Tories are the most sagacious statesmen in existence, and their leader a very miracle of sagacity. Well, the Ministers, wishing to settle the tithe question for Ireland, and hoping to gain the promised concurrence of the Tories, proposed a plan in which, to the mortification of some of their adherents, they had silently given up the appropriation clause. The resolu_ tions enforcing that clause having been passed in a Par liament which no longer exists, were no longer bind- . lief to the Money Market. Bills on New York at sight bring 8 per cent. —CO days, 4i per cent. premium. The great difficulty was the dis ordered state of the exchanges. Nothing will cure this but a Na. tional Bank. The Commissioners appointed by the Legislature of Michigan, to ex amine into the affairs of certain banks, report that they have been com pelled to apply for an injunction against the Bank of Lapeer—Farmer's Bank of Gennesse county--Farmer's Bank of Sandstone—Jackson County Bank—Exchange Bank at Shiawasse, and the Wayne County Bank. So we go. The Bank of Manchester is also in a doubtful way. Michigan will soon become as celebrated for bad bank money as Ken tucky was in olden time. BALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE, ♦PAIL 10. 230 shares U. S. Bank. 20 do. Commercial Bank .. 80i a -- 1,180 do. Delaware and Hudson 300 do. Farmers' Trust 151 do. American Trust Company 9si. a 30 do. Kentucky Bank 20 do. Mohawk 40 do. Contributionship 75 do. Paterson - 50 do. Harlem 42 do. Boston and Providence 11. It 97 a 100 do. New Jersey and Trenton R. R - 160 do. Stenington R. R 36 a 35* COTTON TRADE. Since our last weekly report, we hear that upwarab Jr 3,000 bales of Cotton have changed hands. A better feeling pervades our market since the last news from Europe, on the principle that drowning men catch at straws. It is well known that if we continue to sell our staples to the English without buying in return, a re-action must come. The prices for the last few days have ranged from 7 to 12 cents. At New Orleans, on the 10th, the market was quiet—the sales being in small quantities, from 7i to 10i cents. The enormous discounts on up -country money prevent purchases, and the heavy charges fur freights hinder shipments. Strong in the goodness of their course and the rectitude o f their intentions, the negro emancipationists are neither to be deterred by difficulties nor disheartened by delays in the prose cution of the great and holy design upon which they have entered —namely, the physical and moral redemption of the coloured branch of the human family. It is one of the prerogatives of a virtuous resolution that the zeal to realize it increases in pro portion to the number and magnitude of the unforeseen ob stacles that suddenly arise to prevent its pursuit. The interest which attaches to purely political questions is generally of brief duration—it disappears altogether with a new modification of po litical circumstances ; and posterity is often left to wonder how such a mole-hill could possibly have produced such hurricanes of party contention. But the very contrary is the case with re gard to the interest attached to questions involving great moral and religious principles. It increases with the increase of national intelligence—it grows with the growth of enlight ened public opinion. It has its root in the human heart— but deepest in the heart nurtured by studious inquiry, and softened and purified by the sacred influences of Christianity. Of such questions, that of the unqualified abolition of slavery, not only in the West Indies, but through out the world, is undoubtedly the most momentous. We are, therefore, not surprised to find the citizens of Bristol as reso lutely bent upon breaking the last fetter that binds the limbs of the poor negro, as their fellow-countrymen of London, Liverpool, Birmingham, Manchester, Dublin, Edin burgh, and Glasgow. Past exertions are only re►nem bered as stimulants to more strenuous action—not as justificatory pleas for future relaxation. The generous cry throughout the country is, " While anything remains to be accomplished for the slave—while his limbs are dis honoured with the chain of the oppressor—there must be no respite from exertion—no folding of the arms on the part of the Emancipationists." The Meeting at Bristol yester day, and the speeches thereat delivered, reflect great credit upon the MAYOR and all who took a part in it. We hare neither space nor time to give here a summary of these speeches ; but this is the less to be regretted, as there are few of our readers who will pass them over with out notice. When the MAYOR of Bristol justly de scribed the people of England as a " just people—a loyal people—a proud people—a grateful people"—and we will take the liberty of adding—a humane people—an intelligent people —and a pious people—be described a nation incapable of of tolerating the longer continuance of so henious a crime as that of slavery. The Paris Papers of Monday are more than usually barren of intelligence. Of idle speculation there is no lack, but of authentic news of any interest there is not a syllable. Don FRANCISCO DE PAULA had arrived with his family at Bayonne, where he intends to remain, if such was the pleasure of Louis PHILIPPE. A letter in the Swabian Mercury of the 11th, states that the PORTE has signified to the foreign Ambassadors that infractions of the law by foreigners are henceforth to be punished according to the judicial code o the Moslems. This notification has caused some stir among the diplomatists at Constantinople. SPAIN. (Private Correspondence of the ConstilutiomzeL) LOGRONO, MAIL - 7.—Espartero has returned to Miranda; his troops resume their positions on the Ebro. Iriarte, with 7,000 men, will go to reinforce the army of the centre, which will amount to 25,000 men ; Espeletta, with 1,800 men, Is at Onma ; this corps will alt. against Merino. The prisoners taken from Negri have arrived at Burgos. This chief, who is flying with 200 lame horses, has been overtaken by a re giment of Oraa's, which took some prisoners. This defeat has filled the Castillian Carlists with dismay. Espartero has now 30,000 men under his command,: besides the divisions of La ltibera and the corps of Pam. peluna, amounting to 14,000 men. Guerque has retired from the en virons of Balmaseda." ESTELLA, MAT 8.-Munagorri has caused much alarm at the Court of Don Carlos; his confidential adherents do not dissemble that many proselytes are made. The proceedings against the persons in confine. men t are prosecuted with the greatest secrecy. The accounts brought from Germany by the Baron de Los Valles are not very satisfactory. The following is the substance of them :-If Don Carlos gain ground, the German Powers will support him; other wise, they will abandon him. Don Carlos purposes to march towards Cantavieja ; his project is to take possession of some posts on the Medi terranean. This is the execution of the advice given him last year by the agents of the Czar. FRENCH FUNDS.-PARIS, MAT 14. Five per Cents., 109 f. 25c. 10c. sc. 15c. Four per Cents., 102 f. Three per Cents., 81f. 15c. 10c. 20c, 15c. Bank Actions, '2,710f. ilente de Naples, 100 f. 80c. Roman Five per Cents., 101j64%. Spanish Actives, 21 Ti 22. Spanish Passives, 4%. • Spanish Differes, 8. Belgian Loan, 103 1 ,4 Belgian Bank, 1,440 f. Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents. 23% 24%. Eitytian Loan, 435 f. 48. f. EXCIIANOR ON LONDON. Ore month, paper, 25E 42!7c.; money, 25r. 4214 c. Three months, paper, 2.5 r. 30 . ; roonaY, 2 5f. LATEST PRICES. Five per Cents. 109 f. 15e. Three per Cents., 81f. 15c. Bank Actions, 2,710 f. Romans, 101}( i . Belgian Loan, 103 W. Belgian Bank, 1,440 f. Portuguese Three per Cents., 24%. Spanish Actives, 22. Spanish Passives. 41i. Spanish Differes, 8. haytian Loan, 480 f. Letters and papers from Madrid to the 7th inst. have been received. They announce the incarceration of Mr. GEORGE BARROW, Agent of the British and Foreign Bible Society, under the authority of a warrant of the Political Chief of Madrid, for selling copies of the Scriptures printed at Gib raltor —there being no means for having them printed without a license in any town or city of Spain. This event has roused the indignation of Sir GEORGE VILLIERS, who was treated with gross disrespect by the authorities upon complaining of the perpetration of such an outrage against the liberty of a British subject. His Excellency's notes relative to this affair so alarmed Count OFALIA, that an order for the liberation of Mr. BARROW was made ou" at a Cabinet Council ; but that gentleman declined leaving the prison before receiving satis faction for the injury he had sustained. The Clergy, as might be expected, are up in arms against Mr. BARROW, whom they regard with a horror as intense as do our own priesthood the Irish Chureh appropriation clause. Like the Ephesian arti ficers they tremble for the interests of the craft. A report of the death of General NARVAEZ, at Jaen, reached Madrid on the 6th, and created great uneasiness. It was likewise ru. moured that the Government had ordered the arrest of General FLINTER on a charge of treason, but that the brave deliverer of Almaden has escaped to Portugal. We have no account of the movements of the army. LAST NIGHT'S DIVISION. PAIRE OFF. AGAINST. Plumptre, John P.—East Kent Hope, James—LinlithgowKsgire Tollemache, llon. F.—Grantham Christopher, R. A.—Lincolnshire Alexander, Viscount—Tyrone Tyrrell, Sir J. T.—North Essex Dungannon, Lord —Durham Campbell, Sir H.—Berwickshire Cooper, E. J.—Sligo Co. :NT. RI TOES. Ileathcote, G. J.—Lincolnshire Ileathcote, Sir G.—Rutllnd Jones, Wilson—Denbigh Lennox, Lord J. G.--West Sussex Lennox, Lord A.—Chichester Long, W.—North Wiltshire Mackinnon, W. A.—Lymington Noel, William M.—Rutland 300 319 Int FOR Baring, F. Thornhill—Portsmoutk Buller, Charles—Liskeard Conyngham, Lord A.—Canterbury Dunlop, John—Ayrshire Ellice, Edward—St. Andrew's Fitzpatrick, J, W —Queen's Co. Fitzsimon, Nicholas—King's Co. O'Connor Don—Roscommon Co. White, Colonel H.—Longford ABS] REFORMERS. Cowper, H.n. W. F. — Hertford Euston, Earl—Thetford Fielden, John—Oldham Fitzalan, Lord—Arundel Kinnaird, Hon. A. F.—Perth Langton, Col Gore—Somerset Leader,eJ.lTemple—WE stroinster Martin, Thomas—Galway Ca. Molesworth, Sir William—Leeds Surrey, Earl of—West Sussex For the Amendment ....... Against Pairs Absent Speaker ...................... St. lees and Glouc es t er vaca; The Royal residence is to be prepared in Dover Castle for the reception of the Queen. Mr. Wallace, m.p., Chairman of the Postage Committee, accompanied b y L ord Seymour, and several ot h er mem b ers of tho Committee, visited the General Post-Office, St. Martin's.le-Grand, on Monday evening, for tho purpose of witnessing the process of taxing and sorting the letters, &c. The Ilon 14itm!ler5 were conditited over the establishment by Colonel Maberiy, and remained until the despatch of the mails. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS - 430 , CITY (TIILS DAY), TIVELV_E O'CLOCK. The Westminster, New York Packet ship, of the 20th ult., has ar— rived off Plymouth. The Toronto packet, from New York, has also arrived at Weymoubut her advices are of a n o ld d a t e, th e 30th u lt. 0, We have received New York papers to the 22d ult. by the Westm9 ster. We extract the following from the New York paper of the 20th u Rim° : " ADJOURNMENT OF THE LEGIBLATURE.—The Legislature of New York brought its Session of 107 days to a close at 12 o'clock last night having passed 333 laws. Exchange, s;f to 6; United States Bank. 1 141. s The measures adopted by our Legislature at Albany are looked to with great interest. The Bill repealing the restraining last and au thorizing private banking has become a l aw , w ith one important amend went, and that requiring 121 per cent. of specie to be kept on hand for every dollar in circulation. " The state of Exchange is now so ruinous, that almost all colle,:tions at the South and West are at an end. The distress falls heavy O n the creditors of colic of our suspended houses. Exchanges on Boston are getting better; they are about to 1 per cent. discount on Philtalelphis• Drafts have been sold at 3 per cent. less, which is an improvement. in the South and Wesrthey are no better. " LATEST FROM Mexico.—Two French brigs of war visited I%l.etamo ras on the 25th ultimo, and sent a deputation up to the town to assure t the French citizens o f th e protection of their Government, and the Mexican Government should not comply satisfactorily by the 25t . ..t instant with the requisitions a lre a dy made, the ports of the Republic Nou be blockaded." We have received Montreal Papers or the 12th April. They d o not contain any later news than previously received from Canada. The Westminster spoke on the 22d of April, the Great Western steamer, lat. 39, 54, long. 67, 25. She looked well, antt would be in New York the next day. Accounts are in town that the Imperial troops have got possession et Bahia. It is just stated at Lloyd's, that the Sirius steamer was within six hold of New York, on the 22d ult. THE FUNDS. Consols opened this morning at the closing prices of yesterday , g 44 to M, for the Account, and the same for Mouey. Although the In 3 i clitY which Ministers had last night in the House of Commons was more than was anticipated in general, it has not had any eitect as yet on the Fun d , !" Exchequer Bills 70 72 prem. ; India Bonds 81 ; Bank Stock 204 90 ' )* In the Foreign Market little doing as yet. Spanish Active mainta ins the leaving.off prices of yesterday, owing to the price coming higher from Paris, 231 i ; Portuguese 374 384; Three per Cents. 25 26 Brazilian 76 ti ; Mexican 28i 29 ; Dutch Two-and-at-Half per Cents. i 54i1. Brazilian Stock, since the above quotation, has improved, per cent., owing to the news re ce i ve d f ro m B a hia of that twvn being in t possession of the Imperialists. PRICES OF STOCKS THI.S. Bank Stock ..... ....... ...... 211434 4 3 per Cent. ?lc , 9 314 t . 4 3 3 per Cont. Cana (141,4 4 3 34 par Cent.... ~. Ditto Red. New 34 per Cert... New 5 per Cent.. Ba9k Long Annuitlestoexrire Jan. 5, 1860.... l s ,h 1-16% Oct. 10, 1t159 — Jan. 5, 1660 l5 5-16% Jan. 5, IMP — April 5, 1880 — Jan. 5. 1870 — PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds .. Belgian Bonds — Ditto Account.... Brazilian Bonds .. Ditto Account 76!,', 11% 8 3 ! Buenos A7res Bonds ...,... ...... Ditto Account — hillia:,. Beral.s ....... ........ Ditto Account — Columbian 80nd5...-. ....... Ditto Accom.t - ..... ..... — Columbian Bonds, 1824 — Ditto Account Danish Bonds ... ....- Ditto Account (3reek floods... — Ditto Bonds, 1825 — Ditto Account Mexican liens's, 5 per cent — Ditto ...., 3 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK , Indic Stook 2714 Ditto Bonds South Sea Sock Old Annuities ..... . New t)itto 92,4 3 per Cent. Annuities, !7:,'•••_ 8 Exch, i3ills, 0i........ 70 Ditto ..... ....... 70 Ditto Small kg r " Ditto Cummercial Ditto AdvertiLed ...... Bank Stock for Account ..... India Stock for Accoi.rit ......... t; ire Commis for Account ........... .04 TFIIS DAY AT ONE 0,C1.0(':„ Peruvian Bonds ...... ........ Ditto Account l'ortuvvse, Bonds ....... Ditto New 80n5............ 37•51 , 7 38 Ditto Account ..........., 6f. Ditto, 3 per cent.... ........ i h „ Ditto Account Prussian Bends ............... ...-- Ruian Bonds, 1822 ........... Ditto Account ...... ............ .., Ditto Metallic ............•••*•' •••• Spanish Bono: - ............ . ..... -. Ditto Account ........... - ..... .... 1 Ditto Bonds, 1841 ......... gi sh I A 1k * Ditto Account .........• .1 6gi, 5 0- ' French, 5 per cent.... .... ..... f. .....4. ----- 4 per cent. ..... ...- 4........- 3 per cent........---25f 5 0 '; —. Exchange..••• ..... .... k 445 i .ccoulit ......... — Dutch, 1:N per cent .......• • - .. 51 5 S A Ditto, (i per cent. Ditto Account ~.,... ........ Neap01itan,..,........ PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCz'. share' Per - i . Paid. a A British Ironrompany 5O ...., Re il del Monte Mining Co., Registered WI. IN. 6d. 14 Ditto Unregistered — SC Ea , tern Counties Railway 5 4 ' Edinburgh and Glasgow Brioton Railway Company' 8 6 London and Blat4wall Railway i ~ : I ondon and Greenwich R a il wa y C ompany 2O 44* London and Southampton Railway Company 5O :10 London and Southampton (Newl Railway ...... Lo idon and Croydon Railway Company 2O 25‘ Ditto New Scrip London Grand Juncti on R a il way 5 3 No th Nlid!and Railway Company 35 0 Australian Company 273 14 Asphalte, Claridge's Patent .. .............. Do. Liverp00l Do. Swiss 2 30% ..... 27'w 9 3 % 234 7% Do. United States 2 Bitumen, Bastenne and Gaujac Do. Polonceau 2 British North American B ink Colonial Bank ••• COURSE OF EXCHANGE YESTERDAY- . 48 Amsterdam C.F. 12 ti% tatbraltar ......................... . .. .. . . :12 12 4% Leghorn ............................ 2 1 S 10 Ditto, at sight ft,tterdam 2U. 12 7 Genoa ................................. 31 Antwerp... ilan .............................. ...... 6 El t mkurg . ..... , 9tnt A:t0na..... ... oz. 116 Paris, 3 days' sigh 25 65 Paltrrno Pe 53 i i Ditto ........ ............. 3 Ms. 25 no Liabon ... Mtrseilles Itsurdeaux Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M 154 tii Bahia .............................. . ..... ....... Petersbut gh, ruble 3 Us. 10 Buenos Ayres .....................• 461, Berlin Vienna, effective fl 2M.10 15 Philadelphia L. • Trieste . . ditto lO 16 PRICE OF BULLION, PER. Madrid l;6 Portugal (told, coin .0 ' 0 o Cadiz.... - 1111 boa ... , 35 New Doubloons Ihrcelona 35 New Dollars Seville 35 Silver, bare, standard 0 4 li HALF-PAL S T 01V .E. Private letters from New York state that the resumption of spec' payments was in general to take place on the Ist of January wee — A great deal of specie had arrived in the United States from Englan i, France, and South America, causing it to be abundant. Consols, Which were in the morning 941 may be quoted a shati lower, B 4 ; for Money, S 4; Exchequer Bills lower, 77; India 1 3 ° n65 lower, 6s. on yesterday's price, 6S prem.; Bank Stock, 204. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active also lower, 214 with Coup 72 ,' Portuguese declined to 37 ; Three per Cents. also 25; Colombian, 1.4 Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 541; Brazilian, 7/31 to 79. The Share Market heavy, with little doing—Claridge's Agin' B a ster.'" 11 ; United States, I premium ; Liverpool, 3 premiu m ; premium ; London and Brighton, premium. THREE 0' CL 0 C Consols for Account, 941. THE FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. .21 1 2 i Bank Stock 201 X India Stock .................... .. ...... / 3 pert ent. Red 3 per Cent. Corp 9 4 l , B ,Ditto Old Annuities .......... ... ...„, 3ii per Cent — 'Ditto New Annuities .._. ........ 'a, p os. 2 1 ,4 per Cent. Red 101 'Ex. Bills, I ,COOl ...... .2;,id ..... ti € 4 pig- New 314 per Cent 102 M Ditto 50'4. ..................... 6, .1 3°- Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5001 .................. Jan. 186 I - Oct. 1850 ... lndia Stock for Act ........ .. ..... 94 yi Jan. 1860 FOREIGN FUNDS. 70 4 5 per ren . • 57 Austrian, 5 per cent D Po it r t t o ug v ue e s w e B.lgian, 5 per cent Brazilian Bonds 76 Prussian, 5 per cent ........ . ...... per cent ......... ...... Buenos Ayr. s, 6 per cent — Russian Bonds, 5 Chilian, 6 per cent Ditto, Metallic. ...................... . 2 0; Colombiain, 6 per cent Spanish, 5 per cent ................ ___ Ditto, 1824 Ditto Consolidated . .............. 5 0 c Danish, 3 per cent French, 5 per cent. ........ .. 25f, 50C- Greek Bonds, 1825, 5 per cent — Each ........ f "" c ange ................ ...... .. Dfloitotods:.. ................ Mexican, 5 per cent French 3 per cent ............. . 5.41- Ditto, 6 per cent., 1823 2B Dutch, 2) per cent. .......... ....pc% Peruvian, 1825,6 per cent — Ditto, 5 per cent. .. .............. i . y). (CLOSING PRICE OF SHARES.—(THIS iFI IS v 334 Eastern Counties Railway Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway 93 Great Vs estern Railway B4 London and Brighton Railway London and Blackwall Railway London and Birmingham Railway Ditto Quarter Shares 16% London and Greenwich Railway London and Southampton Railway , SO London and Southampton (New) ........... .. 16 i4 London and Croyd on R a il way London and Croydon Railway (New Scrip) London Grand Junction Railway Northern and Eastern Railway North Midland Railway National Loan Fund ..... -- ---- ' • At a numerous Meeting of the Reform Assoc' s ,: 14, tio o of Bury St. Edmunds, held a t the Woolpack Inn, on Monday, 1 ! D 1 3 , ,fr , 1838, Francis King Eagle, Esq., in the chair, it was moved :' t the Partway, seconded by Mr. King, and carried by acclamation, "The cordial thanks of this meeting be given to the Right Hon. Lard Ch Ba' Fitzroy, for his manly, humane, and independent conduct a' the_dis,l(-. presentative in Parliament for the Borough, in voting abolition of Negro Slavery; and also for his rote on Colonel Scales th at for allowing Bonded Corn to be ground for exportation , ° d ap. ° the Chairman do immediately communicate the same to his I Pr— • rt i s iglo— the inuf7, JO GREAT MEETING IN DUBLIN.--The req - o rothce is signed by thirty.one of Ireland's representatives, and bY A " o b . Or or; eminent names. The purpose in view is to take efficient itei , uc ceed e ', posing the organised plans of the Tories, by which they ha ve ,."; nefer f " in too many instances at the registries. It is proposod to call t " - t Intl 6n e ffect which Association again into operation, and through it to which might perhaps be beyond the reach of the Central Board. o f HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—After the oP er , o tag Norma last night there was a pause of some moments, in w h A lch gsi r ' imagined that the bell ig rents who carried on the war for oh' s lide the ballet on S a t ur d a y n i g ht were prepar i ng f or a rene wal of h ° ' je WO but as soon as the curtain rose the pacific disposition of the 1 1 ° 1 00 00 made evident, and n e ith er M a d emo i se ll e Fi t j ames nor the direr i . lB th gre 6 ' experienced a single hiss. The opera of Norma was sung W j 00 10 6 brilliancy. Grisi and Albert azz i aga i n di s tinguished thc ou rita° in the celebr a t e d d ue t. I n li eu o f a . b allet t h e l as t ac t of the , n ”, , t rio was given, and con s id er i ng th a t G r i s i , R u bi n i , an d Lablache ' ll t : but audience had reason to be content. Th e Q ueen was not p reset' the house was fully and fashionably attended. Lord Delawarr will giv e hi s fi rs t gra nd dinner to in Upper Grosvenor-street. c l 3 - Lord John Russell will give a arand state dion ert e ° l7: morrow, at the Clrendon Hotel, t a large p b arty of noblemen will eye° tlemen, to celebra a te her Majesty'so birth-day. The comp any W' In full uniform and court costume. d car ds The Earl and Countess de Grey have issue for a large party on the 22d inst. aiusn ‘,.n Lord and L a dy F ranc i s E gerton will e ntert distinguished circl e at dinner, on the 24th inst., at Br id g water 110 gra n flai l Lady Fitz wygram h as i ssue d car ds for a gra i at Connaught pl ace, on F r id a y, the 25th May. ) (Ito The Duk e o f D evons hi re w ill g ive a grand bat at Devonshi re H ouse, on th e 30th i ns t., t o a distinguished LADIES' GOLD W—A—TCIIES'a A variety of excellent and carefully finished Ladies' Second-han d Gold . Watches, many of them in accordance with the latest taste; with Gold Dials, Jewelled, &c., arc offered for selection, price fr ° ,_ Six to Ei g ht G u i neas e a c h, at T. COX SAVORY'S, IS s tc r , maker, Gold an d Silversmith, 47, Cornhill, London (Seven I)°° from Gracechurch-street). N.B.—Second-hand Watches purchased in exchange. Lel - Mon : Printed and Publishca b , . 1117RDO YOITNII, itv 112, Strand, at The Sun O ffi ce, r'io. 112, Strand ? in the COt' • of Middleeex.—Wednesday, May 16, 1838. ..,-, ~ •;-4,.. 4 1 ' N' se ri , f l ' _..,f . ... - ' , No -, .<,_ ~.,( , x ..„ ,t , .''. —, S. 5-N- -''''t - :.1 4; „, e' ',4&S' . - - • ,' 4,- ~. ....6 " . • Cir b je - 5,-f y , 411 .....,,,,..) WITH WHICH THE TRUE SUN" IS NOW INCORPORATED.